I recently upgraded to Apple's new 2021 iMac with the fancy M1 chip and thought this would be a fantastic time to try getting the Dolphin emulator on a large screen.
Some background before I get to the meat and potatoes of my issue: I had ordered what I thought was a USB-C Gamecube controller, but it turned out to be an actual GameCube controller that was just Smash themed. Cool, but not what I needed. So I gave in and bought an adapter that Amazon suggested was bought frequently with that controller, not bothering to check whether or not it was the official adapter. That's on me, I guess.
Anyway. The adapter arrived today, and after having to redownload Dolphin until I could find a version that wouldn't crash when loading items from my directory (which ended up being the only development version that would support ARM/Intel Universal for MAC), I went to the controller settings to make sure everything was good to go. It was then that I discovered that Dolphin wasn't picking up the adapter because it wasn't the official one, so I did both an easy install and a Terminal install of the codeless .kext that was recommended. I closed Dolphin and opened it, and now it was able to register the adapter right off the bat. I figure the adapter and the connected controller should work now.
--MY ISSUE--
When I tried to use the controller, none of my inputs would register. Pressing "Start" to try and start the games would do nothing, same for the A button and pretty much any other button on the controller. Confused, I tried to access the configure menu to see if I could see what was what.
However, you'll see in the attached screenshot, when I click the configure button, I get the Error Opening Adapter: Access denied (insufficient permissions) error. I've seen some people have this error before, and there IS one last thing I can try to make it work, but that involves booting up in recovery mode and lessening the security to enable the adapter without kext –– something I'd like to avoid doing.
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--MY QUESTION--
TL: DR; What I'm wondering is if there is anything else I can do to try and get Dolphin to register my controller inputs, or if I'm just going to have to give up the ghost and track down a genuine Nintendo manufactured GameCube Adapter for WiiU? Thanks a bunch; if you actually read all that, you're a saint.
Some background before I get to the meat and potatoes of my issue: I had ordered what I thought was a USB-C Gamecube controller, but it turned out to be an actual GameCube controller that was just Smash themed. Cool, but not what I needed. So I gave in and bought an adapter that Amazon suggested was bought frequently with that controller, not bothering to check whether or not it was the official adapter. That's on me, I guess.
Anyway. The adapter arrived today, and after having to redownload Dolphin until I could find a version that wouldn't crash when loading items from my directory (which ended up being the only development version that would support ARM/Intel Universal for MAC), I went to the controller settings to make sure everything was good to go. It was then that I discovered that Dolphin wasn't picking up the adapter because it wasn't the official one, so I did both an easy install and a Terminal install of the codeless .kext that was recommended. I closed Dolphin and opened it, and now it was able to register the adapter right off the bat. I figure the adapter and the connected controller should work now.
--MY ISSUE--
When I tried to use the controller, none of my inputs would register. Pressing "Start" to try and start the games would do nothing, same for the A button and pretty much any other button on the controller. Confused, I tried to access the configure menu to see if I could see what was what.
However, you'll see in the attached screenshot, when I click the configure button, I get the Error Opening Adapter: Access denied (insufficient permissions) error. I've seen some people have this error before, and there IS one last thing I can try to make it work, but that involves booting up in recovery mode and lessening the security to enable the adapter without kext –– something I'd like to avoid doing.
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--MY QUESTION--
TL: DR; What I'm wondering is if there is anything else I can do to try and get Dolphin to register my controller inputs, or if I'm just going to have to give up the ghost and track down a genuine Nintendo manufactured GameCube Adapter for WiiU? Thanks a bunch; if you actually read all that, you're a saint.